SLIDING HIATAL HERNIA: THE NEED FOR REDEFINITION
- 1 February 1973
- journal article
- Published by American Roentgen Ray Society in American Journal of Roentgenology
- Vol. 117 (2) , 231-247
- https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.117.2.231
Abstract
The conventional definition of sliding hiatal hernia is revised and misconceptions about the anatomy of this area are discussed.It is emphasized that the roentgen appearance variously designated as a patulous cardia, chalasia, widening of the hiatus, malformation of the cardia and fundus of the stomach (malposition cardio-tubérositaire) is, in fact, evidence of a sliding hiatal hernia and is not purely functional in origin.Keywords
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